Profiles

Visual arts organisations and projects in the North West region.

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The Art Surgery

Description: The Art Surgery is a one-stop solution for digital artists looking to produce their work. Services available include image manipulation & enhancement to enable photographers & artists to get the best from their work as well as a the most up to date print facilities for the production of stretched canvases, photographic prints, wallpaper & photo books. A full framing service is also available. In addition to this, The Art Surgery has a portfolio of more than 1000 exciting & vibrant images sh…

The Bluecoat

Description: The Bluecoat is the oldest Grade 1 listed building in central Liverpool and re-opened in March 2008, after a £14.5m redevelopment, as a major landmark on the UK map of contemporary culture. It nurtures new talent by providing studio space for young artists within a unique creative community. The exhibition spaces are used to showcase the talent across all creative disciplines and develop programmes which emphasize the Bluecoat’s tradition of experimentalism and support for emerging artists …

The BMCA

Description: The BMCA "Europes favourite Art Gallery..." Founded in 2005 by Artists Stuart Edmundson and Magnus Quaife the Blackpool Museum of Contemporary Art (BMCA) is a museum without walls, whose boundaries are set by the limits of the town and the imagination of the artists we work with, a museum whose collection exists only in the memories of those artists and the audiences who have attended events. As an artist led organisation our aim is to bring the highest quality contemporary practice to B…

The Chapel

Description: Run by a group of friends with the help of many more we are turning this 17th century church, that has been empty and neglected for years, into a socail hub for the local community. We organise music events of varying styles, hold exhibitions, run a cafe and rent the space out to those who we like, the place changes like a chameleon. We are always looking for help and ideas and are very open and friendly to all.…